[Pnet-developers] [bugs #10775] the case of a missing library which is not used at runtime

[Rhys Weatherley]

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[bugs #10775] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                Rhys Weatherley <address@hidden>
'Date: 
                Sat 10/23/2004 at 03:25 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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          Resolution | None                      | Fixed
              Status | Open                      | Closed


------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
I have added an "--ignore-load-errors" option to "ilrun",
which will cause it to ignore metadata errors when loading.
Use of this option is severely discouraged, as it could
lead to severe system instability.

The proper way to use optional components in an
application is to load them dynamically via reflection,
not to rely upon misfeatures in Microsoft's static
loading algorithm.

Fix committed, 23 Oct 2004






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[bugs #10775] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10775>
Project: DotGNU Portable.NET
Submitted by: Norbert Bollow
On: Sat 10/23/2004 at 00:07

Category:  None
Severity:  3 - Ordinary
Item Group:  None
Resolution:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None
Status:  Closed


Summary:  the case of a missing library which is not used at runtime

Original Submission:  If a program references a missing DLL which is not 
actually used at runtime, MS .Net executes the program without complaint.  
ilrun generated a fatal error and doesn't execute the program.

Trumpf requests replacing the fatal error with a warning.

The attached shell script generates a program Test.exe which  will run fine on 
MS .Net even if TestUnused.dll is notpresent, but which can't be run with ilrun 
without TestUnused.dll

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Sat 10/23/2004 at 03:25       By: Rhys Weatherley <rweather>
I have added an "--ignore-load-errors" option to "ilrun",
which will cause it to ignore metadata errors when loading.
Use of this option is severely discouraged, as it could
lead to severe system instability.

The proper way to use optional components in an
application is to load them dynamically via reflection,
not to rely upon misfeatures in Microsoft's static
loading algorithm.

Fix committed, 23 Oct 2004






File Attachments
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Date: Sat 10/23/2004 at 00:07  Name: script  Size: 745B   By: nb
shell script which generates Test.exe
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=10775&amp;item_file_id=1796






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